Inaugural meeting of the UK Structural Biology Forum

Meeting

Date: 25-Jun-2013

Contact: Keith Wilson

A list of colleagues who have registered their interest in the meeting is at the foot of this page - scroll down.

Aim of the Meeting

To formally establish the Instruct UK SB Forum to represent all our interests, agree a governance structure and terms of reference, and arrange nominations/elections for the key roles in the Forum.

Define the relationship of the Forum with the Instruct hub given its independent status and role.

Registration is now closed

The programme of the meeting can be downloaded from the Event Files box (see right on this page) and the background to it is given below.
For the Inaugural Meeting we propose that PIs only attend, due to limitations of space - the room at the Wellcome Trust can only accommodate 80 persons. In the longer term the Forum will be open to all members of the community.
The objective is to get good representatiion of the community in terms of both subject area and geographical location.
If more than 80 people register to attend, places will need to be allocated selectively based on these criteria, and it may be necessary to restrict attendance to 1-2 PIs per Institute. A small panel independent of Instruct management will be set up to do this.

Please help widen the representation

It is important that we have proper representation of all sections of the UK SB community at this meeting, so please broadcast our message, inviting colleagues to register. It is important that the Forum should be a democratic organisation under the full control of its membership.

Program

Morning Session Chair: Keith Wilson

11.00 Status of Instruct. Dave Stuart (Oxford/DLS)

11.15 Structural Biology in the UK. Tom Blundell (Cambridge)

11.40 UK XFEL consortium. Jim Naismith (St. Andrews)

11.55 Diamond status and vision. Martin Walsh (DLS)

12.10 UK SB needs for large-scale facilities. Jane Endicott (Newcastle)

12.25 UK SB Forum. Background, survey and proposals. Keith Wilson (York)

12.30 Buffet lunch - chance to discuss Forum plans

Afternoon Session Chair: Paul Freemont

13.30 CCP4: a paradigm for the UK SB collaboration. Martin Noble (Newcastle)

13.45 EM Centre at DLS - a National Facility for biological Electron Microscopy. Helen Saibil (Birkbeck)

14.00 Establishment of CCPEM. Martyn Winn (STFC)

14.15 A plan for National and Regional NMR resources. Ernest Laue (Cambridge) and Jen Potts (York)

14.40 Biophysical Methods. Justin Benesch (Oxford)

14.55 Tea/Coffee

15.10 Open structured discussion: aims, statutes, role(s) and election process. Paul Freemont (Imperial)

16.30 Meeting Ends

Background

The UK User Group arose from a meeting of representatives of the UK Structural Biology community held in London in 2011. At that meeting, Keith Wilson and Paul Freemont were tasked with taking this forward to establish the demand for a nationally organised group that could have meaningful input into strategic decisions impacting on the field. In late 2012, a vote was organised through Instruct regarding the establishment of a UK Structural Biology Forum. The resulting votes included good representation from several SB disciplines and a reasonable balance between senior and junior group leaders with 69 PIs registering their vote. The outcome was 1.5% for Status Quo (i.e. no Forum); 75.3% for the UK community to unite behind the UK Instruct user group; and 23.2% for a UK SB Forum independent of Instruct. Given the not insignificant number of votes for an independent Forum, it is essential to develop an inclusive remit such that the whole community can be represented with a valid mandate.

Although the Forum will be independent, it will benefit from the contacts and activities that Instruct has already established both UK-wide and at the EU and use of the Instruct digital interface via www.structuralbiology.eu to administer some of the activities. A major benefit of having a strong relationship between the Forum and Instruct will be to strengthen links with the European community, major strategic and funding bodies in the UK, and the EU initiatives that are being undertaken as part of Horizon2020. It will also be well placed to help ensure that UK infrastructure is properly aligned with the requirements of the user community.

Sponsored by Diamond Light Source

Below is a current list of those who have registered an interest in attending the meeting

(* denotes Speaker).

Participant Name	Institution	Participant Name	Institution
Prof. Dave Stuart*	University of Oxford; Diamond Light Source	Professor Christina Redfield	University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry
Prof. Sir Tom Blundell*	University of Cambridge; Astex Pharmaceuticals	Dr Saskia Bakker	University of Glasgow/Centre for Virology Research
Prof. Jim Naismith*	University of St. Andrews	Paul Driscoll	MRC-NIMR
Prof. Martin Noble*	Newcastle University	Dr Simon Kolstoe	University of Portsmouth
Prof. Keith Wilson*	University of York	Dr Andy Pickford	University of Portsmouth
Prof. Helen Saibil*	Birkbeck College	Dr Morgam Beeby	Imperial College London
Dr. Martyn Winn*	STFC	Dr Paula Salgado	Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University
Dr. Martin Walsh*	Diamond Light Source	David Barford	Institute of Cancer Research
Prof. Jane Endicott*	Newcastle University	Dr Alessandro Costa	CRUK London Research Institute
Prof. Ernest Laue*	University of Cambridge	Dr Dima Chirgadze	Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Prof. Jen Potts*	University of York
Prof. Dame Carol Robinson*	University of Oxford	Dr Mark Odell	University of Westminster
Prof. Paul Freemont*	Imperial College, London	Professor Mark Sansom	Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Dr. Susan Daenke	University of Oxford; Instruct	Dr Alan Roseman	University of Manchester
Dr. Claudia Alen Amaro	University of Oxford; Instruct	Professor Leo Brady	University of Bristol
Prof Gerard Kleywegt	EMBL-EBI	Professor Peter Moody	University of Leicester
Dr Ardan Patwardhan	EMBL-EBI	Dr Mark Pfuhl	King’s College London
Dr Aleksandras Gutmanas	EMBL-EBI	John Christodoulou	UCL and Birkbeck College
Dr Andrew Atkinson	King’s College London	Prof Simon Phillips	Research Complex at Harwell
Dr Mike Hough	University of Essex	Prof Jon Waltho	University of Manchester
Dr Ray Owens	University of Oxford & Research Complex at Harwell	Professor Mire Zloh	University of Hertfordshire
Prof Samar HASNAIN	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK	Dr Robert van Montfort	The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Brian Smith	University of Glasgow	Dr Chris Phillips	AstraZeneca
Prof Michael Overduin	University of Birmingham	Dr David Lawson	John Innes Centre
Professor Yvonne Jones	University of Oxford	Dr Alex Breeze	AstraZeneca
Prof Jenny Littlechild	University of Exeter	Dr Stephen Graham	University of Cambridge
Dr Mark Banfield	John Innes Centre	Prof. Geerten W. Vuister	Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester
Dr Anastasia Callaghan	Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth	Dr Svend Kjaer	Cancer Research UK
Prof. Mark Carr	Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester	Dr Paul Driscoll	MRC-NIMR
Dr. David Neuhaus	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Dr Helen Mott	University of Cambridge
Dr Kimberly Watson	University of Reading	Prof. Dave Brown	University of Kent / Argenta
Dr. Stephen M. Prince	University of Manchester	Dr Ben Bax	GlaxoSmithKline
Prof Nicholas Keep	Birkbeck, University of London	Dr. David Scott	University of Nottingham/Research Complex at Harwell/ISIS neutron source
Prof. Xiaodong Zhang	Imperial College London	Professor Roslyn Bill	Aston University
Dr. Stefan Freund	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Dr. Ehmke Pohl	Durham University
Dr Roberto Steiner	King’s College London	Prof. Laurence H. Pearl	University of Sussex
Dr Jeremy Lea	Bruker UK Ltd	K. Ravi Acharya	University of Bath
Dr Pierre J Rizkallah	Institute of Infection & Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University	Dr Chun-wa Chung	GlaxoSmithKline
Dr Eva Hyde	University of Birmingham	Dr Jonathan Grimes	University of Oxford and Diamond Light Source
Professor Naomi Chayen	Imperial College London	Dr Raffaella Carzaniga	Cancer Research UK- London Research Institute
Dr. Neil Q. McDonald	Cancer Research UK	Dr John McGeehan	University of Portsmouth
Dr. Edward Taylor	The University of Lincoln	Frank von Delft	University of Oxford
Dr Bernadette Byrne	Imperial College	Marko Hyvonen	University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry
Dr Justin Benesch	University of Oxford	Dr Julia Richardson	School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Professor Mark Leake	University of York	Dr Tom Collins	Wellcome Trust
Dr Svetlana Antonyuk	University of Liverpool	Dr. Barran	The University of Edinburgh
Prof Richard Pickersgill	Queen Mary University of London	Dr Ivo Tews	University of Southampton
Dr. Karen McLuskey	University of Glasgow	Prof Bonnie Wallace	Birkbeck
Dr Liz Duke	Diamond Light Source	Dr Clair Baldock	University of Manchester
Prof. David Leys	University of Manchester	Dr Matthew Philip Crump	School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Dr Katherine Brown	University of Cambridge	Prof Anthony Watts	University of Oxford
Prof Ulrich Guenther	University of Birmingham	Dr. Katrin Rittinger	MRC-NIMR
Prof. Kay Gruenewald	University of Oxford	Dr. Mark R. Sanderson	Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London
Prof Ulrich Guenther	University of Birmingham	Dr Robert van Montfort	The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr. Roger Williams	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Prof Stephen Matthews	Imperial College London
Dr Andres Ramos	MRC National Institute for Medical Research	Dr Józef Lewandowski	University of Warwick
Dr Tom Frenkiel	MRC Biomedical NMR Centre, NIMR	Prof Jeremy Derrick	University of Manchester
Professor Laurence Barron	University of Glasgow	Dr Andrew GW Leslie	MRC LMB, Cambridge
Dr Philip T.F. Williamson	University of Southampton	Dr. Nicholas Harmer	University of Exeter
Dr Charlotte Cureton	BBSRC	Professor Lu-Yun Lian	University of Liverpool

Dr Alf Game

BBSRC

Professor Vilmos Fulop

University of Warwick

Dr Chris Morris STFC

Dr Michael Plevin University of York

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